Obviously its a very unfortunate river card, once he calls the flop there is no chance your getting him off when the ace hits.

What hand did you put him on here when your betting out the turn? I think in some instances checking behind him on the turn is a possibly good line, unless he is a maniac im not sure how many hands he could be playing here that you have dominated. There is a chance of a pocket pair less than Queens I would rule out some due to the preflop play or there is a chance he has a set already and if he had flopped it thats how it could have played out.

It gives him a chance to bluff on the river with a lesser hand which he would do with any ace and any pocket pair you could beat.

Looking at the hand again its scary as hell when he all of a sudden after being passive bets out but at this point its hard to throw it away. Its hard to put him on AK given the action and the call on the flop.

Glad to hear you won most of it back though 

Ok again im not sure with how I played this hand and would appreciate feedback.

Table is 9 handed recently there have been a few all-ins, one huge stack at the table and the rest are about 5-7 thousand.

Im fourth to act have 5700 in chips, with blinds at 100/200, recent action most raises have been making it 900 to play and have had no action from table unless the big stack has been getting involved.

Im dealt  , and raise making it 700 to play and get one caller immediately to my left who had been bemoaning his lack of hands and one player calling out of the big blind, no real read on either.

The flop comes,

       , im first to act I think for a second and bet out 1500.

At this point im happy with the flop I have the nut flush draw and two overs which may or may be good, there is also the chance im ahead. I considered checking and check raising any bet. My question here is would I be better going all in? Im willing to go with this hand at this point as unless someone has flopped a set im unlikely to be in completely dire straights and I figure this may be a good chance to gamble and double up.

Player to my right folds and the big blind announces raise, he makes it 2000 more to go- I count it out this would leave me with around 1200 left and I move all in which he calls.

Is this fairly straightforward play? Would I have been better going all in, or should I have laid the hand down?

As it doesnt matter much the opponent turned over  , I spiked a  on the turn and he hit the last Jack to make trips on the end.

Yeah the raise is weak pre-flop and im lucky that I didnt end up in a multiway pot, I should have spent more time thinking about what amount to raise in order not to price weaker hands in- a large enough raise may get the guy to lay down his sixes at this point.

Anyway its all about expierience I guess I just hate to go out after playing a hand in this fashion was very annoyed on the journey home!

Thanks for the feedback.

Thinking about it I wish I had pushed on the flop, I did feel that he was weak and if im going to make a play like that I have to put the proper amount of pressure on the opponent. Still experementing with live play I was trying to raise an amount that represented a big pair which is certainly feasible holding for me at this point I feel and to risk the minimum amount, obviously now this isnt the best line when I leave myself with so little.

Anyway opponent showed pocket with the river a blank they held up for the pot.

Ok so im pretty inexperienced in general and have only started recently playing live a few times a week so opinions on this would be excellent especially (constuctive  ) critiscm.

Ok so its at Cinncinnattis, third level blinds are 75/150. My stack is 5650 not moved much from the orginal chip count of 5000, and the opponent (who may post on here) has around 12,000 and has been at my table since the start, in which time I think I have played 3 hands not showing down any so I should have a tight image.

9 handed on the button im dealt  .

There are 3 callers when it reaches me one in UTG +1 the player immeadiately to his left and the C/o.

I raise making it an addtional 300 chips to play. Good bad play?

The early limper folds the seond calls and the C/O folds so its headsup to the flop which comes.

  , the first position player bets out 1000.

Now heres where I think I start making the real mistakes obviously I have no hand at the minute just two overs- but I feel he is weak its just instinct but I feel he cant call a raise. So I raise an additional 1500 chips.

He makes the call to see the turn 

He checks, now I have put a lot of my stack into the pot but I still feel he is weak and I think he is folding here so I move all in, for 2650, which granted isnt a great dent into this pot.

The opponent thinks for a minute and says I have to call.........

So what did I do wrong, did I do anything right? And what do you put the opponent on?

Ill post the result later if it will help.

If you think he is tilting and can be relatively sure he has only looked at one card I would call, totalise summed it up perfectly.

There are definently worse spots to put your money in.

One reason for overbetting can be to, disguise your hand strength, if you overbet with a big pair or set it can bully people into a call with a marginal hand or TPTK who wouldnt belive you would play a big hand in that manner.

Thanks for the feedback, I agree I played the hand badly especially the turn looking back on it I can see that the flop bet shows no strength its almost as if im begging to be raised off the hand.

Ok so this happened last night in a freezout tournament in Motherwell some of the details are slightly sketchy just to forewarn you in advance.

The blinds are 50 and 100 from the intial stack of 5000 I have moved up to around 7800, the villian for the hand starts on 3500.

Ok so im big blind and look down to see      when it comes to my turn I have 3 limpers(one from UTG and the other two CO and button) plus the small blind. The pot is at 500 and I decide to raise and make it 500 more to play.

The only caller is the player from UTG, no real read on the player I played only one hand previously with him.

The flop comes,    and a low blank (sorry for sketchy detail)


I bet out 600 at this stage I have no real idea what hand to put him on although a medium pair seems likely he previously re-raised preflop with jacks so I cant see him playing a big hand so passively from early position. And he makes the call this obviously worrys me and I have to put myself behind.

The turn is the  .

Its from here im not sure of my play, I check and he moves in for 2450.

Im stumped here as I have no idea what hand to put him on he may smell weakness in my check and move in with a club draw, he may do the same with a small pair. Although the most likely holding is a queen im not convinced.

Would anyone call here? If so what would be there thinking?

For those intersted I eventually made the call thinking im ahead in a large amount of cases here, villian shows J 7 for two pair and the river is no help and he takes the pot.

So thoughts on the hand I just wasnt sure both about my play and obviously I cant see any reason the villian is even in the hand at all.

Thanks.

With the button calling its definently a fold for me.

I agree with Boldie there is a chance that your up against another Ace and a pair which isnt a great place to be in for such a large proportion of your stack.

Fold here and you still have plenty of chips and a chance to get your money in when its a more favourable situation.

Just as I like to know these things what did the two players show?

The pre-flop raise is a bit confusing I wouldnt put even half that amount in with wired jacks at that stage.

But considering you have made the raise can you get away from the all in, well its the chip leader who has moved in on you which should suggest a big hand here if he has shown to be a decent player.

If you fold your left with 1000 roughly with blinds at 40 and 80, I would fold in that spot although I think the main mistake is the intial raise.

Its hard to give a proper opinion without knowing how the table view you wht kind of image do you have and perhaps more importantly any reads on the villian?

But as you have laid it out I would have probably tried to get a bit more in the middle pre-flop and definently re-raised on the flop.

Come the turn (depending on reads) one of the hands you have to worry about is 3 Queens as given the action its a plausible holding.